$150 billion is more than the entire market cap for Oracle or Cisco or Intel. Or Disney. That is, Apple could pay $150 billion in cash for the entire Disney company, including ESPN, ABC, the theme parks, the movie production and distribution assets and so on, and it’d still be a 25% premium to today’s trading price and more than the company has ever been valued at. Not that Disney would sell. I’m just sayin’.

About The Cody Word

Cody Willard writes the Revolution Investing investment newsletter for MarketWatch and posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody.com He is the founder of WallStreetAll-Stars.com and the principal of CL Willard Capital. Cody serves as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University and is on the University of New Mexico Alumni Board. He was an anchor on the Fox Business Network, where he was the co-host of the long-time #1-rated show on the network, Fox Business Happy Hour. Cody, a former hedge fund manager, and his stock picks and economic outlooks have been featured on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, ABC’s 20/20, CBS Evening News, CNBC’s SquawkBox, Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, as well as in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and many other outlets.